Remands after two police chases
Police did not oppose bail for a 20-year-old arrested after an alleged police pursuit across Christchurch early today.
Ethan Olegovitch Budayev was arrested and appeared in the Christchurch District Court on four charges.
Judge Noel Walsh remanded him on bail without plea on charges of failing to stop for a police officer when he was speeding, reckless driving in Milton Street, driving while disqualified, and possession of a glass pipe for smoking methamphetamine.
Budayev was remanded for a further appearance on February 1. His bail conditions will keep him at his mother’s home in Woolston each night under a curfew, and he is not allowed to consume drugs, nor drive any vehicle.
A second man, 31-year-old Ricky Shane Stampa, of Somerfield, was remanded in custody for a video-link appearance on February 4, after being refused bail by Judge Walsh, on charges relating to a second car chase that began in Bower Avenue.
Police said road spikes had to be used several times after the chase began about 3.30am.
The police chase had been abandoned at one stage because the vehicle was being driven erratically, but police continued to track the car on a network of CCTV cameras that can be viewed at the Central Police Station.
Stampa has entered no pleas to charges of reckless driving on Bower Avenue early today, failing to stop for the police, driving while disqualified, assaulting a police sergeant when the chase was over, resisting five police officers, and possession of a glass pipe for smoking methamphetamine.
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